Taxon Profile: Palaeeudyptes klekowskii

Taxonomy details

Context

Taxon Id
117999
Authority
Unknown or not entered.
Naming Status
Currently accepted name
Status
Fossil
Found in the Antarctica/subantarctic or Southern Ocean
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Taxon has been resolved to the rank Species.

Hierarchy

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Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Chordata
Class
Aves
Order
Sphenisciformes
Family
Spheniscidae
Genus
Palaeeudyptes

Profile

Source of taxon data
IRMNG V2
Latest Taxonomic scrutiny
Dave Watts on 20-Apr-2009
Reference Site/Paper in which the taxon name was checked
Myrcha, A., Tatur, A., and Del Valle, R.A. (1990) New species of fossil penguin from Seymour Island, West Antarctica. Alcheringa 14 195-205. Source is Nisc

Species Profile:

Taxonomy and Nomenclature

Type Locality
The actual location of the first recorded specimen
La Meseta Formation, Seymour Island

Reference: - Myrcha, A., Tatur, A., and Del Valle, R.A. (1990) New species of fossil penguin from Seymour Island, West Antarctica. Alcheringa 14 195-205. Source is Nisc